Prof iles on People with USC Connections
Jack Repcheck, a 1975 grad uate of Upper St. Clair High Sch ool, recently published his second book, Copernicus’ Secret. The book tells the story of the life of Nicolaus Cop ernicus, the Renaissance scientist who se work revolutionized the world’ s understanding of astronomy. Jack ’s first book, The Man who Found Tim e, is about James Hutton, a scientist from the Scottish Enlightenment who argued that the earth was millions of years old, not thousands as was the common belief at the time. Thi s book won the Anthenaeum of Philadelphia Book Prize. After graduating from Upper St. Clair, Jack went to Penn State University and the University of Wisconsin. He now lives with his wife and five children in Bucks County and works as an editor in New York City for Norton Publish ing Company. His parents, Jack and Claire Repcheck, have live d in Upper St. Clair for 40 year s. His sister, Diane Martin, and her husband, Walter, also live in the Township with their four children . “I had two great teachers who turn ed me on to history—Bill Tomey at Boyce Middle School and Charles Hunell at the high scho ol. I knew in seventh grade that I was going to study history, seriously. My love of history has never gone away. There is no doubt that my scholarly bent was formed in the USC schools, ” said Jack. To r e a d t h e N e w Yo r k Ti m e s review of Copernicus’ S e c re t , v i s i t www.nytimes.com/2008/01/13/b ooks/review/Gingerich-t.html. ey B. Frank has USC resident Jeffr rBrothers, Inc. insu joined Henderson in r ge account mana ance agency as an ess Solutions Unit. sin Bu the Integrated opank services the pr In this capacity, Fr all sm verage needs of erty and casualty co es lud inc e s experienc business clients. Hi ing rit rw de un d isor an serving as a superv s r insurance agencie he ot th wi r ge mana in the region. m Davis & Elkins Frank graduated fro rnalism, and he jou and a minor in sh gli En in jor ma College, with a insurance license. holds a Pennsylvania
Clair is the George L Bond III of Upper St. ices 2008 Serv m ctru Spe ley recipient of Wes rd, given to Essential Partner Award. This awa nteer who volu a to d George in March, is presente to Wesley ent mitm com ing displays an outstand the value cts refle rd awa The ion. miss s ’ Spectrum Wesley with d of individuals who have partnere the find ilies fam and dren Spectrum to help chil . love to and live, to n, strength to lear played an Over the past 15 years, George has ley SpecWes with ng essential role in partneri of the Wesley Institute Board of ber mem a me beca rge Geo trum Services. ications Committee; chaired mun Com Trustees in 1992. He served on the Mamittee; was a member of the 1996 the Planning and Development Com ital Cap nd Beyo and 1 200 ee; chaired the jor Campaign Feasibility Committ chair as ed serv d; Boar g ratin Ope the r of Campaign; was vice chair and chai d of years, and was a member of the boar for the Foundation Board for four his up g givin re befo d Foundation Boar the newly merged Wesley Spectrum board position in 2007. in marketing communications and George spent his business career Starr. father’s advertising agency, Bond & branding. His career began at his ded oun co-f he 0 200 in een, bilities in betw With many positions and responsi of the ctor dire e utiv exec the is rge Geo ly, TheBrandingGroup LLC. Current St. Clair Hospital Foundation. her, grew up in neighboring Mt. George, a third generation Pittsburg They in lived Upper St. Clair since 1973. Lebanon. He and his wife, Sue, have n. ildre dch gran ther, and Carrie and three have three daughters: Tracey, Hea
James R. Haggerty (Jim) recently joine d the firm of Cohen & Grigsby as a direc tor in the Labor and Emplo yment Practice Grou p. Jim has exclusively practiced labor and employment law for mo re than 25 years. Ba sed in the firm’s Pittsbu rgh office, his prac tice covers the full ran ge of workplace iss ues, with emphasis on rep resenting employers in collective bargaining employment litigatio , labor arbitration, n and counseling. and Prior to joining Cohe n & Grigsby, Jim wa s a partner and the for firm-wide departm ent head of Labor, mer Employment, and Benefits Group at Re Employee ed Smith LLP, also in Pittsburgh. He ea from Duquesne Un rned a J.D. iversity Law School and a B.A. with ho Pennsylvania State nors from University. Jim represented the Upper St. Clair Scho ol District in the pa teacher contract ne st three gotiations, and for mo re than 20 years he on the board of dir has served ectors of the Holy Family Institute, a agency serving abus non-profit ed and neglected ch ildren. Jim and his wife, Gr etchen, have lived in Upper St. Clair years and have two for 23 daughters: Kate, a senior at the high Meg, a fifth grader school and at Boyce.
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UPPER ST. CLAIR TODAY Summer 2008